The Romanov Prophecy

Another historical book for the year completed, but at least this is on a different topic. Besides WWII-era, the Revolution of 1917 and the Romanovs were a great topic of historical interest to me. Their whole story, both relationally and politically speaking, has been interesting to learn and relearn. Miles Lord is on a highly […]

The Historian

What a ride this was. A daughter finally persuades her father to take her with on his trips throughout Europe for his work. One day, she asks him to tell her a story, so he begins to tell her of an incredible adventure of his college days where he meets the mother she never knew. […]

Célestine: Voices from a French Village

I was able to finish Célestine last night, becoming more interested as I was going. This is a shorter book, 280 pages if you include the afterward, so it honestly could have been finished way sooner than this, but there would be a few days were I just was not reading anything. I started finding […]

The Night Circus

I regret staying up until five in the morning to finish this book, but really I do not, ha-ha. It was totally worth it. In the book recommendation group that I am a part of on Facebook, a lot of people were saying that this is a really good pick. This was actually one of […]

Heyday

Looks like a double whammy for y’all, ha-ha. Just finished Heyday yesterday. This may by far be the best thing I have read this year. Heyday, described badly, is a group of friends who come together to make their journey west at the very beginnings of the discovery of gold in 1848 California. Based off […]

The Californios

Happy Fourth of July everyone! My husband and I have finished another book together. This was a book he bought at Book Revolution in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I bring it up as a small blip because they were a great bookstore, so if you are ever in the Midwest, I would recommend them. We have […]

The Memoirs of Cleopatra

It took me about a month, but another book closer to my goal for the year. I have always wanted to read The Memoirs of Cleopatra, since high school long ago, but I always kept putting it off. I have only ever read one book of Margaret George’s, and I thought it was alright. I […]

Mobility Lounge

It has been a few weeks, and I had Mobility Lounge done after three days. As we can see, I put off writing up a review for it. Mobility Lounge is a smaller read about a guy named Van who lives in an assisted housing situation in California and to get out of switching apartments […]

Pope Joan

I was very impressed with Pope Joan. I finished it about a week ago, but got lazy in immediately writing up a review. In 855 AD, there is a legend that a woman rose to the highest honor of Pope; born with the name Joan, this fictitious rendering arguing for her existence brings her from […]

Mrs. Dalloway

I am a little disappointed in this book. I figured this would be a quick read to introduce me to Virginia Woolf; I had heard a lot of good things about her writing. My take away is filler. Mrs. Dalloway is one day in Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway’s life, a fifty-something woman who lives the snobbish […]